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Weighted Helping-Hands Base (4 Arm Sockets)

Hexagonal base with a hidden cavity for steel shot, sand or coins, closed by a lid with four 6.5 mm sockets. Each socket has an M3 set screw in a captive nut slot to lock 6 mm gooseneck arms, stiff wire arms or alligator-clip rods.

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Print settings

MaterialPETG / PLA
Layer height0.2 mm
Infill20%
SupportsNot needed — prints flat as oriented
Filament≈ 86 g total (estimate)
Size · helping-hands-weighted-base110 × 95.3 × 24 mm
Size · helping-hands-socket-lid93.8 × 81.2 × 27 mm

Hardware

3× M3 × 10 mm countersunk screws (self-tap) · 4× M3 × 8 mm screws + 4× M3 nuts · ~400 g of weight · 6 mm arms

FIT CHECK
Printers vary. If holes are tight, drill them out or add 0.2 mm in the .scad file. Board dimensions follow the makers' published drawings; check yours before a long print.

License

Original design by MakerCore Hub, free for personal and educational use under CC BY-NC 4.0. Remix it and share it with credit; contact us for commercial use.

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